British shares lifted by financials, consumer staples; Sanne Group shines
Gains in heavyweight financial and consumer staples stocks have helps much in the rise in British shares. After rejecting a $1.90 billion buyout proposal, the Sanne Group topped the mid-cap index. The software company Sage Group added 3%, and this rose the blue-chip index by 0.7%. After reporting a better-than-expected 4.4% rise in first-half organic […]